Sam, I'm not talking shuttling people around. I'm talking about picking up and delivering parts. The heavy duty portion of a Van's intended job. GM stores uses GM full sized Vans, Ford uses Ford full sized Vans, Dodge uses (still ) the older Mopar Vans for running parts around. Why doesn't VW ?? As the parts guy suggested, it would be a large monetary loss to run them like they do the Fords. Not quite as dependable, and a much larger outlay to keep them running. And I think they aren't as large on the inside anyway, for sheet metal hauling, engine's & gear boxes, packed in crates.
I think this is all pretty humorous.-:)
RC The VW dealership outside Baltimore in Owings Mills (NW of the city) uses a very loudly painted Eurovan for their shuttle. -- Sam Walters Baltimore, MD 89 Syncro GL 85 Westy Weekender All incoming and outgoing email scanned by automatically updated copy of Norton AntiVirus. |
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